What happened: Office Depot has refused to issue a recall for an office chair, despite receiving numerous complaints from injured customers about the chair collapsing without warning. The Gibson Leather Office Chair is marketed exclusively by the office supply chain. The chair, manufactured by Wonderful Year Furniture Company, located in China, is imported by Swinton…
What happened: The captain of a parasailing boat has pled guilty to violating the Seaman’s Manslaughter Act in connection for the deaths of two women, who were killed off Ocean Isle Beach in August, 2009. The defendant was operating the boat, Tied High, which was owned by Ocean Isle Beach Watersports and NC Watersports. The…
What Happened: Medical errors kill more than a quarter million people every year in the United States and injure millions more. According to Dr. Peter Pronovost, a physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital, if you add up all of the preventable medical mistakes, then “you probably the third leading cause of death” in the country. If…
When a Chrysler minivan and an Izuzu Rodeo SUV collided head-on near the intersection of Shillelagh Road and Benefit Road in Chesapeake, Virginia (VA), on the morning of Nov. 15, 2012, a 59-year-old veterinarian lost her life and two teenage girls suffered severe injuries. Police could not immediately determine the cause of the fatal accident,…
What Happened: A Northampton County man was tragically killed in a truck accident on US 258 near Parker Road in Murfreesboro, NC on November 12, 2012. He was driving south on US 258 when he crashed into a semi-truck that was backing into a driveway. His truck went under the trailer of the commercial truck….